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A brutally honest memoir that completely rethinks what it means to be a man.
Continually told he was born with footballing blood, Brandon Jack has spent his life uncertain of the relationship he holds with the games he's played.
Now a writer and musician, he sits in his apartment and reflects upon the years spent pursuing what felt like an inevitability - the footballing life.
This is a unique and darkly poetic fly-on-the-wall account of a world that is usually shown in bright lights. Filled with relentlessly driven diary entries, vivid details of life at the fringe, and memories of binge-drinking into oblivion as an escape during his playing days at the Sydney Swans, 28 is a portrayal of the sporting psyche in a way that has never been done before.
But the true beauty of this book lies in the space outside football. Laid bare on these pages is a searingly honest deep dive into sport, addiction, art, sexuality, masculinity, love, family and identity.
Now a writer and musician, he sits in his apartment and reflects upon the years spent pursuing what felt like an inevitability - the footballing life.
This is a unique and darkly poetic fly-on-the-wall account of a world that is usually shown in bright lights. Filled with relentlessly driven diary entries, vivid details of life at the fringe, and memories of binge-drinking into oblivion as an escape during his playing days at the Sydney Swans, 28 is a portrayal of the sporting psyche in a way that has never been done before.
But the true beauty of this book lies in the space outside football. Laid bare on these pages is a searingly honest deep dive into sport, addiction, art, sexuality, masculinity, love, family and identity.
Author: Brandon Jack
Paperback Published August 2021 312 pages
'Searingly honest, unflinching' -Peter FitzSimons
'Brandon Jack has talent and daring in abundance' -Christos Tsiolkas
'Like Andre Agassi's Open, this is a transformative book; it is going to change our way of seeing' -Malcolm Knox
'Brandon Jack is a force for good' -Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald, hosts of the Shameless podcast
'Brandon Jack is a force for good' -Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald, hosts of the Shameless podcast